Pre-Doctoral Neuroscience Training Meeting
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Symposium: Predoctoral Neuroscience Trainee Meeting
July 12-13, 2001
Natcher Conference Center
Program Director: Henry Khachaturian, Ph.D.
Meeting Synopsis
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, along with nine other NIH Institutes sponsors a national program to train the next generation of neuroscientists. The sponsoring institutes include NIA, NICHD, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIDA, NEI, NIGMS, NIMH, and NINR. The aim of the program is to encourage and support broad, early-stage (pre-thesis) training in the neurosciences by offering institutions a single comprehensive training grant. It is expected that these training programs will contribute to basic and disease-related neuroscience research that is relevant to the participating NIH institutes. As part of the program, all trainees were invited to visit NIH for a two-day special orientation and training session sponsored by the participating NIH institutes. The meeting took place on July 12-13, 2001, at the Natcher conference center. Approximately 120 (out of a total of about 160) students supported by the program attended the sessions, including the talks as well as visits to the Institute intramural laboratories. Noted speakers included Dr. Zachary Hall, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, San Francisco; and Dr. Michael Zigmond, Professor of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh. The students, who responded to a survey, overwhelmingly endorsed the meeting and expressed appreciation for a unique opportunity early in their scientific careers to visit the NIH and interact with extramural and intramural scientists.
TopPredoctoral Neuroscience Trainee Meeting
Natcher Auditorium
July 12-13, 2001
Agenda
Thursday, July 12
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:00 | Introduction (Henry Khachaturian and James Lipton) |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote Address (Zach Hall; Intro by Alan Leshner) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-11:30 | How NIH works |
| Extramural overview (Walter Schaffer) | |
| Intramural overview (Joan Schwartz) | |
| 11:30-1:00 | Institute booths/tables |
| 1:00-2:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:00-4 :30 | NIH Intramural tours |
| (Introduction/science; poster/interactive session) | |
| (NIMH, NINDS, NICHD, NIDCD, NEI) | |
| 5:00-6:00 | Reception |
| (invite 2 representatives from IRP of participating ICs) |
Friday, July 13
| 8:30-9:00 | NIH Career/Training Issues (Walter Schaffer) |
| 9:00-10:00 | Career Opportunities: Overview (Michael Zigmond) |
| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-12:00 | Career Opportunities (Beth Fischer): Speakers representing |
| academia (Michael Zigmond and Julio Ramirez), | |
| non-NIH Fed (Christopher Platt), | |
| private science foundation (David Clayton), | |
| pharmaceutical company (Mary Walker), | |
| science writing (Hemai Parthasarathy) | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Panel discussion on career paths |
| 1:00 | Wrap up and depart |
Speakers
- David A. Clayton, Ph.D.
Vice President for Science Development
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
4000 Jones Bridge Rd.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
tel: (301) 215-8500 - Fischer, Beth, M.Ed.
Instructor in Education
Co-Director of the Survival Skills and Ethics Program
4K57 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh PA 15213
412-624-7098
Email: bfischer@pitt.edu - Zach W. Hall, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor, Research
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-101
San Francisco, CA 94143-0407
(T) 415-502-5677
(F) 415-514-0200
E-mail: hallz@chanoff.ucsf.edu - Hemai Parthasarathy, PhD
Senior Editor,
Nature
968 National Press Building
529 14th St NW
Washington DC 20045-1938
1 202 737 2355 (Telephone)
1 202 628 1609 (Fax)
E-mail: h.parthasarathy@natruredc.com - Christopher Platt, Ph.D.
Program Director, Neuroscience
Divsion of Integrative Biology & Neuroscience
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm 685 S
Arlington, Virginia 22230
Phone: (703) 292-8423
Fax: (703) 292-9153
E-mail: cplatt@nsf.gov - Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D.
R. Stuart Dickson Professor
Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
P. O. Box 1719
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina 28036
Voice: 704-894-2888
Fax: 704-894-2512 - Walter T. Schaffer, Ph.D.
Research Training Officer
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6184
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7911
Phone: 301-435-2687
FAX: 301-480-0146
E-mail: ws11q@nih.gov - Joan P. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Neurotrophic Factors Section, NINDS
Building 36, Room 4A27
36 Convent Drive, MSC 4126
Bethesda, MD 20892-4126
Phone: 301-496-4049
Fax: 301-480-4348
E-mail: jps@helix.nih.gov - Mary Walker, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
Target Discovery and Assessment
Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation
215 College Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
Phone: 201-261-1331 x675
Fax: 201-261-0623
E-mail: mwalker@synapticcorp.com - Michael Zigmond, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh,
School of Medicine
S598 Biomedical Sciences Tower
3500 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 624-4258
Fax: (412) 624-7327
E-mail: zigmond+@pitt.edu
Institute Representatives
- Alison E. Cole, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
45 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Phone: 301-594-1826
E-mail: colea@nigms.nih.gov - Walter Goldschmidts Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Blvd. Room 7200
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9645
Phone:
E-mail: - Karin F. Helmers, Ph.D.
National Institute of Nursing
Bldg. 45, Rm. 3AN12
45 Center Drive, MSC 6300
Bethesda, Md. 20892-6300
Phone: 301-594-2177
E-mail: - Deborah B. Henken, PhD.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Executive Building, Room 4B01
9000 Rockville Pike, MSC 7510
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510
Phone: 301-496-5541
E-mail: dh50g@nih.gov - Chyren Hunter, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Eye Institute, NIH
6120 Executive Blvd., MSC 7164
Executive Plaza South, Suite 350
Bethesda, MD 20892-7164
Phone: 301-496-5301
FAX: 301-402-0528
E-mail: clh@nei.nih.gov - Henry Khachaturian, Ph.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 2154, MSC 9531
Bethesda, MD 20892 (for courier: Rockville, MD 20852)
Phone: (301) 496-4188
E-mail: hk11b@nih.gov - James A. Lipton, DDS, Ph.D.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Building 45, Room 4AS-37J
Bethesda, MD 20892-6402
Phone: (301) 594-2618
E-mail: James_Lipton@nih.gov - Angela M. Martinelli, RN, DNSc
National Institute on Drug Abuse
6001 Executive Blvd., Rm. 5232
Bethesda, MD 20892-9591
Phone: (301)443-6071
E-mail: am310f@nih.gov - Cindy Miner, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
6001 Executive Blvd., Rm. 5229
Bethesda, MD 20892-9591
Phone: 301.443.6071
E-mail: cminer@nida.nih.gov - Daniel A. Sklare, Ph.D.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Executive Plaza So., Rm. 400C
6120 Executive Blvd, MSC-7180
Bethesda, MD 20892-7180
Phone: (301) 496-1804
E-mail: daniel_sklare@nih.gov - Bradley C. Wise, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging
Gateway Building, Suite 3C307
7201 Wisconsin Avenue MSC 9205
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9205
Phone: 301-496-9350
E-mail: wiseb@nia.nih.gov - Debra Wynne M.S.W.
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Blvd. Room 7195
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9645
Phone: 301-443-3563
E-mail: dwynne1@mail.nih.gov
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